Concerns and Hopes on the Threshold of the New Millennium

Concerns and Hopes on the Threshold of the New Millennium

1st Forum 2000 Conference
September 3–6, 1997, Prague

The first Forum 2000 conference was held at Prague Castle in September 1997 on the initiative of President Václav Havel and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel. Prominent representatives of the world's religions and internationally recognized politicians, scholars, writers and artists came together to discuss three major topics:

The World We Have Inherited
Burdens, Divisions, Values, Assets and Visions

Our World Today
Review of our main spiritual, intellectual, political and socio-economic harmonies, disharmonies and tensions

Hopes for the Future
Options, responsibilities and dilemmas in our quest for a better world